Greece’s Ministry of National Economy and Finance highlights public sector internal audit as central to fiscal management and tax compliance

Greece’s Ministry of National Economy and Finance, through Deputy Minister Giorgos Kotsiras, used remarks at a National Transparency Authority event to underline the role of internal audit in strengthening fiscal responsibility, tax fairness, and integrity in public administration. The event included the presentation of a report on the implementation of the Internal Audit System framework for public sector bodies. Kotsiras said the ministry is closely monitoring the roll-out of internal audit in line with principles of sound fiscal management and is supporting efforts to enhance accountability, transparency, and effectiveness across the public sector in cooperation with the National Transparency Authority and other competent bodies. He pointed to more formal and substantiated audit procedures and to technology upgrades that facilitate monitoring of fiscal risks, and linked stronger internal audit to better management of public resources, more effective delivery of public policies, anti-corruption efforts, and public trust. In the tax policy context, he described internal audit as critical for effective tax administration and higher compliance, and framed ongoing anti-tax-evasion efforts as aimed at both revenue gains and returning additional resources to citizens.